Dan Murphy's Sparkling Showcase - 23 October

[samh004]

Hi there

the perth event has sold out, and I am chasing 2 more tickets....if anyone can help out that would be great.

thanks and have a great day

Hope you get some, it would appear VIC is the only state with tickets still available.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Saw this event happening in multiple locations the day before AFF#8 (Thursday 23rd October) and thought there might be a few here that would like to go and possibly meetup at the various locations. I have booked a couple tickets for the Brisbane event.

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/list/SparklingShowcase/Gallery?defaultView=false

Attendees

Brisbane - Hamilton Hotel
samh004
chicka
slaker

I'll be at the BNE event.

 

[samh004]

I'll be at the BNE event.

It'll be good to see you again, it's been too long

 

[Mr_Orange]

It'll be good to see you again, it's been too long

Likewise, ha ha!!

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Getting excited
Having a warm up glass

 

[samh004]

[-]I may have a spare ticket for tonight in Brisbane if anyone is interested?[/-]

Edit: and it's been taken.

 

[samh004]

Didn't get to meet up with slaker in the end as I didn't know where to look.

Chicka regrettably couldn't join us but otchiman took her place and had a good time. Very liberal serving of tastings. I think I had triple of one!

Vintage Rosé
3 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV
2 Bollinger Rosé NV
1 Champagne Duperrey Brut Rosé NV
1 Lanson Brut Rosé NV

Vintage Champagne
2 Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage
2 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc
1 Champagne Duperrey Vintage Brut
1 Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Vintage
1 Dom Pérignon Brit Vintage
1 Bollinger R. D.
1 Lanson Gold Label Vintage Brut
1 Möet & Chandon Grand Vintage

Non-Vintage Champagne
2 Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve NV
2 Joseph Perrier NV
1 Taittinger Champagne Brut Reserve NV
1 Aubert Et Fils Brut NV
1 Champagne Duperrey Premier Cru Brut NV
1 Veuve Clicquot Brut NV
1 Lanson Brut NV
1 Möet & Chandon NV
1 Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut NV

Grower Champagne
1 Charles Orban Blanc De Blanc NV
1 Paul Louis Martin Grand Cru NV
1 Paul Louis Martin Grand Cru Vintage
1 Paul Louis Martin Grand Cru Cuvée Vincent Vintage
1 Mailly Grand Cru Brut NV
1 Mailly Grand Cru Brut Vintage

Vintage Australian Sparkling
1 House of Arras Grand Vintage
1 Brown Brothers Patricia Pinot Noir Chardonnay Brut
1 Clover Hill Brut

I couldn't fit much more in after all that... but do now have a love for Billecart-Salmon! Oh, and please keep Clover Hill away from me

 

[Mr_Orange]

Didn't get to meet up with slaker in the end as I didn't know where to look.

Chicka regrettably couldn't join us but otchiman took her place and had a good time. Very liberal serving of tastings. I think I had triple of one!

Vintage Rosé
3 Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV
2 Bollinger Rosé NV
1 Champagne Duperrey Brut Rosé NV
1 Lanson Brut Rosé NV

Vintage Champagne
2 Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage
2 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc
1 Champagne Duperrey Vintage Brut
1 Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Vintage
1 Dom Pérignon Brit Vintage
1 Bollinger R. D.
1 Lanson Gold Label Vintage Brut
1 Möet & Chandon Grand Vintage

Non-Vintage Champagne
2 Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve NV
2 Joseph Perrier NV
1 Taittinger Champagne Brut Reserve NV
1 Aubert Et Fils Brut NV
1 Champagne Duperrey Premier Cru Brut NV
1 Veuve Clicquot Brut NV
1 Lanson Brut NV
1 Möet & Chandon NV
1 Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut NV

Grower Champagne
1 Charles Orban Blanc De Blanc NV
1 Paul Louis Martin Grand Cru NV
1 Paul Louis Martin Grand Cru Vintage
1 Paul Louis Martin Grand Cru Cuvée Vincent Vintage
1 Mailly Grand Cru Brut NV
1 Mailly Grand Cru Brut Vintage

Vintage Australian Sparkling
1 House of Arras Grand Vintage
1 Brown Brothers Patricia Pinot Noir Chardonnay Brut
1 Clover Hill Brut

I couldn't fit much more in after all that... but do now have a love for Billecart-Salmon! Oh, and please keep Clover Hill away from me

Awesome event, especially for $30 and combined with my Amex DMs run . Bolded were good, reduced colour and font size indicating the bad stuff.

I really wanted to like the Australian Vintage but it was just awful. Lanson NV also terrible. Agree with samh004, Billecart is definitely now in my top 3 along with Bollinger and Dom.

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Wow! Sam.. this is extremely thorough... and fast!
And Mr Orange.. a bit harsh with the "reduced colour" allocations..
To me this was a fantastic opportunity to taste champagne/sparkling that i may never have had the chance to line up in comparison... Well done Dan
But... the aggressive (go for the best stuff first) attitude (which dominated the first part of he evening) I found distasteful about the event.
The staff were great.. they served people quickly.. promoted the wines well.. and were engaging and interactive.
I asked people how they found out about the event and most people I spoke to were not champagne lovers... in fact some were "Sparkling wine gives me indigestion" people.. not taking the higher ground here.. I only found out about it by AFF..
Ideally a lounge full of champagnes, knowledgeable staff, and of course knowledgeable consumers would have made it perfect And this had huge potential

 

[samh004]

I forgot to post some photos!

 

[Mr_Orange]

And Mr Orange.. a bit harsh with the "reduced colour" allocations..

Sorry. I really did go in with an open mind and to be fair, I was disappointed with some of the French vintage preferring the equivalent NV. The BNE event had a similar scrum at the French tables but I didn't see anyone being too greedy so all in all I thought it worked well. Having the Krug as a welcome drink, thereby guaranteeing that everyone got one was a very good idea.

 

[Deleted member]

I wish I had seen this earlier. I would have been a definite starter.